Musical ball



With 12, 1957 BQUNADERE v 2,784,526

MUSICAL BALL Filed June 27, 1955 I I a j 1 l United States PatentMUSICAL BALL Albert Bouuadere, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application June27, 1955, Serial No. 518,305

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-175) The present invention pertains to a novel musicalball designed primarily for use by children.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a ball thatfurnishes sound or musical tones from an unseen source. Another objectis to provide a ball that furnishes tones which are usually pleasing tothe car. A further object is to provide a ball with sounding members insuch a manner that any desirednumber or variety of tones may beincorporated.

Still another object is to derive the tones from a selected number ofsleigh bells of a type readily available on the market, so that specialsounding members need not be manufactured. A still further object is tomount the bells within a ball in a simple manner and yet maintain thebells out of contact with the ball so that their tonal quality is notdampened.

Finally, it is an object of the invention to provide a musical ball ofthe character described which is economical and simple in construction.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the followingdescription and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, partly broken away to showone of the internal bells;

Figure 2 is a cross section;

Figure 3 is a cross section at right angles; and

Figure 4 is a detail section on the line 4--4 of Figure 3.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characterswhich are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

Each of the figures shows a hollow ball 1, but it will be understoodthat the bells are mounted during the process of manufacture and beforethe material is shaped to form the actual ball. The ball is of arelatively large size, ranging for example, from baseball size tobasketball size and may consist of any of the materials used for toyballs, such as rubber, plastic and the like.

For the purpose of the subsequent description, it will be assumed thatthe material constituting the ball is still in sheet form so that accessmay be had to the surface that will become the inner surface of theball.

A conventional sleigh bell 2 is formed with an ear 3 through which ispassed a pin 4. The relative length of the pin is shown in Figure 3 andextends a substantial distance beyond both sides of the ear.

Around the exposed parts of the pin is folded a fairly rigid rubberstrip 5 which is notched at 6 to accommodate the pin. Adjacent to thepin, the material 5 is doubled as indicated by the numeral 7 in Figures2 and 4. The ends of the material are finally spread in oppositedirections as indicated at 8 and attached to the member 1 by a suitableadhesive. The end portions 8 are substantially perpendicular to theportions 7 so that this portion is in a plane radial of the ball.

As previously indicated, a selected number of bells may be applied inthe manner described and the tones of the bells may also be selected.Because of the rigidity of the material 5, especially when doubled at 7,the bells are maintained out of contact with the ball and are thusprevented from being dampened or distorted in sound. The device isintriguing especially for children inasmuch as the source of the soundis not apparent. Component parts are readily available and need not bespecially fabricated, and for this reason it is apparent that the deviceis relatively inexpensive.

The bells swivel on their respective pins 4 so that they are freelysounded by movement in the hard bells therein.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated anddescribed, it will be understood that various alterations in the detailsof construction will be made without departing from the scope of theinvention as indicated by the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A musical ball comprising a rubber bouncing ball, a bell therein, an earformed on said bell, a pin passed through said ear and extending beyondboth sides thereof, a rigid rubber strip folded around said pin anddoubled adjacent thereto, a notch formed to the center of said strip toaccommodate said ear, the outer end of said doubled portion being spreadin opposite directions, and said end portions being cemented to theinner surface of said ball.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS160,146 Bevin Feb. 23, 1875 254,768 Haynes Mar. 7, 1882 1,258,651Broderick Mar. 12, 1918 FOREIGN PATENTS 83,810 Germany Nov. 22, 1895251,565 Great Britain May 6, 1926

